Summer Office Hours
Are you interested in writing a grant to do multi-regional research? HDRN Canada can help!
HDRN Canada’s Data Access Support Hub / DASH Team helps health researchers with basic information on data availability and lots of guidance on access processes, cost estimates, and consent if you are collecting data that you want to link. We are now expanding this by offering researchers connection to scientists who can answer questions about methods, analytic services, harmonized /comparable data and other things that will help you write a successful grant application. This free, expert guidance is intended to help health researchers interested in applying for grants to conduct multi-regional studies. Virtual sessions are 30 minutes and provide one-on-one advice in response to questions you bring to us.
Pick a date and time over June and July that works for you!
About the Scientific Advisors
Dr. Kim McGrail is a Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and Centre for Health Services Policy Research at the University of British Columbia. She is the Scientific Director of Population Data BC. Dr. McGrail’s research interests are quantitative policy evaluation and all aspects of population data science. She is the 2009 -2010 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Associate in Health Care Policy and Practice, the 2016 recipient of the Cortlandt JG Mackenzie Prize for Excellence in Teaching, and the 2017 recipient of UBC’s Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research Award. She was part of the Expert Advisory Group for the pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy and is currently a member of the Global Partnership for AI as part of the Data Governance Working Group.
Luke Mondor is a staff scientist with Data & Analytic Services and the Life Stage Program at ICES. He completed a Master of Science in epidemiology at McGill University. Since joining ICES as an epidemiologist in 2013, Luke has contributed to research to understand the needs and health outcomes for individuals with high care costs and complex health needs, including those with multiple chronic conditions, frailty, or at the end of life. Luke supports the Third-Party Research (Public and Private Sectors) and Applied Health Research Question portfolios as well as research being conducted with ICES data holdings on behalf of external investigators and knowledge users.
Refik Saskin is a staff scientist with Data & Analytic Services and the Cancer Program at ICES. He has a Master of Science in statistics from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Brock University. Refik has been at ICES since 2004, spending most of his time on health services research in cancer, including screening, treatment and end-of-life care. His current work with Data & Analytic Services focuses on facilitating research led by external investigators with a wide range of topics, including assessing cardiovascular events associated with a specific drug therapy, exploring healthcare utilization and costs associated with smoking, complications following a prostate biopsy, the effectiveness of a surgical safety checklist and econometric analyses of how surgical referral decisions are made.